We are all made of stars

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We are all made of stars

History, as we know it, is the story of royalty and generals and does
not contain the memory of the millions who succumbed or who tried to
build a normal life.

This also applies to modern popular history. Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett
biographies and the so-called Sixties counter-culture studies that have
appeared all repeat the memories of a small, nearly incestuous, circle
of people who made it, one way or another. You always stumble upon those
who have become the royalty and generals of the Underground. Others are
less known, the lower rank officers, but still officers.